Andhra Pradesh to Hold MP and ZP Elections on November 3, Over 28 Million Eligible Voters
The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission has announced MP and ZP elections on November 3, with over 28 million voters eligible to participate.
Amaravati, October 19 (Daily Kiran) : The Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission has officially announced the dates for the Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency (ZPTC) elections, scheduled for November 3. Approximately 28.1 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots.
State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha informed reporters that elections will take place across 28 district councils. Voting will occur in 659 out of a total of 663 ZPTCs and in 9,829 out of 9,858 MPTCs statewide.
The nomination process will commence on October 21, with the last date for filing nominations set for October 23. According to the announcement, nomination papers will be scrutinized on October 24. Candidates can appeal against any rejected nominations on October 25, with appeals for MPTC cases submitted to the relevant Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) and those for ZPTC cases to the District Collector. The appellate authority will address these appeals the following day.
The deadline for withdrawing candidacies is October 27, the same day the final list of candidates will be published. Voting will proceed on November 3, with a potential re-polling date of November 4 if necessary. Vote counting is scheduled for November 5.
The State Election Commission has set the expenditure limit for MPTC candidates at 400,000 rupees and for ZPTC candidates at 800,000 rupees. A total of 28 returning officers for ZPTC and 687 for MPTC have been appointed, along with 1,374 additional returning officers.
Voting will take place at 35,333 polling stations, each staffed by a presiding officer, with an additional 141,332 election officials deployed. The commission has designated 9,966 polling stations as sensitive and 9,186 as highly sensitive.
In a related development, elections for the Maidukuru municipality in YSR Kadapa district have been postponed due to pre-election violence that complicated the scrutiny of nomination papers. The decision to delay the elections was made based on a report from the District Collector, with a new voting date to be announced later. Voting for 100 urban local bodies in the state is set for October 28.
